The race season starts on Saturday 10 October. The first warning signal will be at 2pm. See below for more information.
Sailors SIGN ON for Saturday Racing
Sailors SIGN OFF when returning to the club
Race management and visitors sign on COVID 19 SIGN ON SHEET.
About Balmoral Sailing Club
We are a family-friendly sailing club. New sailors are always welcome, juniors and adults.
We sail 505s, Aeros, Contenders, Herons, Lasers, Manly Juniors, Mirrors, Moths, National Es, Tasars, and Windsurfers.
For juniors we have a sailing program and for kids the popular Tackers program.
Our regular race day is Saturday from the beginning of September until the end of May. Some members sail mid week, Sundays and throughout Winter. Come and visit us.
Interested in volunteering? Come out on the water with the race management team.
Racks are available for boats that sail regularly.
Experienced sailors can try out an Aero, Windsurfer, Tasar
or Mirror.
New to sailing? Book a lesson with the sailing school.
COVID 19 Regional Restrictions Lifted
Australian Sailing along with other NSW State Sporting Organisations has received from NSW Office of Sport and NSW Health changes to the requirement for the regional restrictions. From Saturday 26 September, interregional community sporting competitions can recommence without restricting these activities to regions or zones, where there is a COVID-19 Safety Plan for the community sporting activity in place. BSC COVID safety Plan.
2020 -2021 Sailing Season
The OUTER courses have been designed for Tasars, Es and Contenders and these classes will use this course if there is good breeze, otherwise they will use the INNER course. This will be discussed at the class briefing so you will have an indication of the course you will be sailing when you leave the beach.
The order of the day is:
1230 Balmoral and Hunter Bay race crews leave to set up the courses.
1300 Class Captains briefing, Class Captains are responsible for briefing their class members.
1350 Balmoral will display the appropriate flags and course number.
1400 Warning signal and a minute later the rolling start sequence will commence.
1500 Warning signal second race.
1600/1630 Racing completed
The starting order will be notified at the briefings.
Program 2020/21
Sailing Instructions
Course Diagram (with new OUTER course 2)